Gight

Gight
Gight Castle
Gight is located in Aberdeenshire
Gight
Gight
Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid referenceNJ825401
Council area
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CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townELLON
Postcode districtAB41
Dialling code01651
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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UK
Scotland
57°26′56″N 2°17′02″W / 57.449°N 2.284°W / 57.449; -2.284

Gight is the name of an estate in the parish of Fyvie in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is best known as the location of the 16th-century Gight (or Formartine) Castle,[1] ancestral home of Lord Byron.

  1. ^ "Gight Castle: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.